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Vipera Acquires SoftTelecom for $1.5 Million
Mobile financial services company Vipera announced today it is acquiring SoftTelecom. The deal is expected to close for $1.5 million (€1.3 million). Madrid-based SoftTelecom is a fintech and telecom...
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Handle Financial’s PayNearMe Partners with Blackhawk Network
Fintech platform provider Handle Financial announced this week that its cash transaction network PayNearMe has aligned itself with stored value card management company Blackhawk Network. The...
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On Finovate.com Lendio’s Marketplace surpasses $500 Million in Loans. Around the web Temenos Marketplace now hosts Moroku’s Chore Scout. TransferWise links with Apple Pay globally. Beyond Your Hammock...
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Lendio’s Marketplace surpasses $500 Million in Loans
Small business loan marketplace Lendio announced it has matched borrowers with more than $500 million in loans on its platform since it facilitated its first loan in 2013. That’s more than half a...
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Worldpay Ships New Features for Worldpay Total
Global payments company Worldpay released a handful of new features this week for its Worldpay Total platform, an API-based omni-channel payments solution for card-not-present (CNP) merchants. This...
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Placecast’s Location Verification Product is Geolocation 2.0
The heyday for geolocation may have been in 2012, when card-linked offers were at their peak. But geolocation solutions company Placecast is bringing it back. Last week, the California-based company...
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Ripple Unveils Expanded Suite of Offerings
What’s in a name? Blockchain solutions company Ripple is about to find out. Today, the company has unveiled a new name for its existing global payments network, as well as a handful of new solutions....
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On Finovate.com Personal Capital Extends Series E Round by $40 Million. Around the web Actiance Introduces First Compliance and Archiving Solution for WeChat and WhatsApp. Xero expands Stripe...
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Personal Capital Extends Series E Round by $40 Million
Wealth management company Personal Capital just scored $40 million in additional funding today. The money comes from existing investors as an add-on to the $75 million Series E the company received...
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On Finovate.com Kantox Pulls in $6 Million from Existing Investors. Around the web Kasasa named a Best Place to Work in Austin for a third consecutive year. PCF Bank partners with Sandstone to launch a...
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Kantox Pulls in $6 Million from Existing Investors
Currency and risk management solutions company Kantox recently reeled in $6 million in funding. Business Insider reported on Friday that the U.K.-based company’s CEO and founder Philippe Gelis...
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StreetShares Raises $10.3 Million for “Shark Tank Meets eBay” Approach to P2P...
Alternative lending platform StreetShares raised $10.3 million in a venture round this week. The funds come from an undisclosed investor and bring the Virginia-based company’s total funding to almost...
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Flywire Expands Operations in Japan, Forms Partnership with Volvo
Cross-border payments and receivables platform Flywire (formerly peerTransfer) is marking international growth today. Less than a year-and-a-half after entering the Japanese market, the...
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Mitek Enhances MobileVerify with NFC
The fintech community has been eyeing the capabilities of near field communication (NFC) technology for awhile now. And though we’re still waiting for its successful application in payments, Mitek has...
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BioCatch Partners with LexisNexis to Leverage Data and Analytics for Better...
Behavioral authentication and threat detection company BioCatch teamed up with risk management company LexisNexis Risk Solutions today in an effort to reduce losses caused by fraud. Specifically, the...
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On Finovate.com Fidelity Partners with Coinbase on View Balance Feature PayPal Strengthens Lending Arm with Swift Financial Acquisition. With $100 Million in Fresh Funding, Coinbase Joins Unicorn Club...
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PayPal Strengthens Lending Arm with Swift Financial Acquisition
PayPal has apparently not taken vacation this summer. After a surge of partnerships, the payments company announced it will acquire Swift Financial, a U.S.-based small business lending platform. Terms...
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With $100 Million in Fresh Funding, Coinbase Joins Unicorn Club
Digital currency wallet Coinbase has taken the leap to become a unicorn today. The San Francisco-based company announced it has received $100 million in Series D funding led by IVP. Other investors...
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On Finovate.com Eight Finovate Alums Join Plug and Play Accelerator’s 2017 Class Trustly Teams Up with Qliro. True Potential Exceeds $7.8 Billion Assets Under Management. Around the web Zighra Appoints...
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Trustly Teams Up with Qliro
Business-to-business payment solutions company Trustly announced today it has partnered with ecommerce payment provider Qliro. After completing a successful trial period initiated at the onset of...
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